Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 44, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 15, 1990, 4:13 AM EDT for Webster County, West Virginia. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 15, 1990, 4:13 AM EDT (08:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 1990, 8:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Webster County, WV
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 182 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 719 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1005 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRW 150816 FFWCRW WVC101-151215- SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 413 AM EDT FRI JUN 15 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN SOUTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA ...NORTHERN WEBSTER COUNTY MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN OCCURRING IN NORTHERN WEBSTER COUNTY SINCE MIDNIGHT. AN AUTOMATED RAIN GAGE IN HOLLY RIVER STATE PARK HAS REPORTED 1.78 INCHES OF RAIN DURING THAT TIME. THIS IS SUFFICIENT RAIN TO BRING SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS OUT OF THEIR BANKS IN NORTHERN WEBSTER COUNTY. WEATHER RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW SOME PATCHES OF MODERATE RAIN OVER THIS AREA AND SOME SMALL STREAM FLOODING IS LIKELY DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FL OOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. END/ZINN
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 10:14 PM EDT, 5 hours 59 minutes before
WVZ006>008-150330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 1015 PM EDT THU JUN 14 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... AT 1005 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA. THE LEADING EDGE EXTENDED FROM JUST EAST OF POINT PLEASANT SOUTH TO ABOUT 20 MILES EAST OF WAYNE AND ON SOUTHWEST TO NEAR PRESTONBURG IN FLOYD COUNTY KENTUCKY. THE LINE IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO MINGO AND LOGAN COUNTIES OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA BY 1100 PM. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE INTO SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. IN ADDITION...A COUPLE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAVE RAPIDLY DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA. ONE OF THESE WAS OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN NICHOLAS COUNTY 10 TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RICHWOOD. THE OTHER WAS OVER SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF UNION. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE SOUTH-SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORM OVER NICHOLAS COUNTY WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN GREENBRIER COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR WHILE THE STORM OVER MO?NROE COUNTY WILL MOVE ACROSS WETERN CRAIG COUNTY VIRGINIA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. END/PLATE
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 11:08 PM EDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before
WVZ002>009-012-150600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1105 PM EDT THU JUN 14 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS WEAKENING OVER WEST VIRGINIA... THE VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED THROUGH OHIO...WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND THE NORTHRN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA DURING THE EVENING WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY AS THEY MOVED INTO WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. BY 11 PM A LARGE BAND OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA SOUTH AND WEST INTO WEST VIRGINIA NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ELKINS TO WILLIAMSON. SOME PATCHES OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WERE STILL DETECTED BY WEATHER RADAR NEAR MORGANTOWN...NEAR SISTERSVILLE AND NEW MARTINSVILLE ALONG THE OHIO RIVER AND FROM NEAR SAINT ALBANS SOUTH THROUGH LOGAN AND ON TO PIKEVILLE KENTUCKY. THE INTENSITY OF THE RAIN CONTINUED TO DIMINISH AND THE THREAT OF ANY SIGNIGFICANT HEAVY RAIN APPEARS TO BE OVER FOR THE TIME BEING IN MOST OF WEST VIRGINIA. THE AIR MASS OVER THE STATE IS STILL VERY MOIST AND LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS COULD OCCUR IF THUNDERSTORMS REGENERATE DURING THE NIGHT. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN PITTSBURGH ISSUED FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS EARLIER IN THE EVENING FOR OHIO AND MARSHALL COUNTIES IN THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE AND THEY CONTINUE IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT. END/PCZ
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 11:13 PM EDT, 5 hours before
WVZ006>008-150430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 1115 PM EDT THU JUN 14 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... AT 1105 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA. THE LEADING EDGE EXTENDED FROM NEAR SPENCER TO CHARLESTON TO ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF LOGAN THEN SOUTHWEST TO NEAR WHITESBURG IN LETCHER COUNTY KENTUCKY. THE LINE IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO RALEIGH...WYOMING...AND MCDOWELL COUNTIES OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA BY MIDNIGHT. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE OVER NICHOLAS AND MONROE COUNTIES AT 1005 PM HAVE SINCE DISSIPATED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. END/PLATE
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 2:07 AM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
WVZ002>009-012-150800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 205 AM EDT THU JUN 14 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS OVER WEST VIRGINIA... CHARLESTON WEATHER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINS FROM THUDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING AT ABOUT 155 AM ALONG THE CALHOUN-GILMER COUNTY BORDER..SPECIFICALLY ONE CELL WAS 5 MILES WEST OF GLENVILLE..AND ANOTHER CELL WAS 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF GLENVILLE. SCATTERED AREAS OF MODERATE RAINS WERE ALSO OBSERVED FROM SUTTON-RAINELLE..AND LEWISBURG. MODERATE RAINS WERE ALSO INDICATED OVER BARBOUR..LEWIS AND UPSHUR COUNTIES. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOWED LITTLE OR NO MOVEMENT DURING THE PAST HOUR. SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS MAY RI,SE RAPIDLY. PEOPLE WHO LIVE ALONG ANY SMALL STREAM AND CREEK SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS AFTER ANY HEAVY RAINS AND BE PREPARED TO EVACUATE IF NECESSARY. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES. END/ORCHANIAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 12:57 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Tyler, Wetzel | 4 hr |
| Jun 15, 1:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Marion | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 2:15 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Gilmer, Ritchie | 4 hr |
| Jun 15, 4:18 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Randolph, Upshur | 4 hr |
| Jun 15, 6:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Preston | 2 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 1990Every flash flood warning in 1990
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.